On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 01:05:04AM +0200, Robin Gareus wrote: > We are happy to share the following announcement with you, > > setBfree v0.5.0 was just released under GPLv2. > > setBfree is a MIDI-controlled, software synthesizer designed to imitate > the sound and properties of the electromechanical organs and sound > modification devices that brought world-wide fame to the names and > products of Laurens Hammond and Don Leslie. > > Homepage: http://setBfree.org > Source & Issue-tracker : https://github.com/pantherb/setBfree > > > > Will Panther succeeded where others have failed and made it possible to > adopt Fredrik Kilander's Beatrix in terms of the GPL. We have spent the > last weeks to update the code-base to meet requirements and are happy to > announce a first beta version. > > The organ and effects as are available as LV2 plugins as well as a > standalone JACK application. We've reworked the engine to allow > arbitrary sample-rates, standardized interfaces, fixed various bugs, > added a build-system, man-pages, a simple GUI for testing, etc. > > The sound is still pretty much the same as the original awesome Beatrix. > Next steps include adding end-user documentation, tweaking and honing > the synth-engine and fixing the bugs that you discover :) > > This release features contributions from > Fredrik Kilander, Ken Restivo, Will Panther and Robin Gareus. > > For discussion please use the linux-audio-user list, bug reports should > to the issue-tracker at github. > > Feedback of any kind is welcome. > Many thanks to Robin and Will for the heroic task of finally getting Beatrix free! I haven't had a chance to make any music with the new version, but, as part of the discussions of the Hammond distortion, I had dug up an old example of a real Hammond being overdriven by a maniac who seems unable to decide if he's trying to be a percussionist or a shredder-metal guitarist, and figured some on the list might enjoy it: http://storage.restivo.org/music/Lahar/lahar-bacon_stain-solo.ogg That's the Boom Boom Room's rather bruised and battered B3, in need of servicing, some years ago. -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
